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Dance may be performed in religious or shamanic rituals, for example in rain dance performed in times of drought. Shamans dancing for rain is mentioned in ancient Chinese texts. Dance is an important aspect of some religious rites in ancient Egypt, [6] similarly dance is also integral to many ceremonies and rites among African people. [7]
Dance is an art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements or by its historical period or place of origin.
Historical dance (or early dance) is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present. Today historical dances are danced as performance , for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment , or for musicological or historical research.
The oldest Polish dance, known since archaic times is Polonaise/Chodzony dance, it is one of the very specific ancient Polish dances. Its French name "polonaise' reflects the origins of the dance and means "the Polish woman/lady/dance, it is a French adjective feminine. It has been introduced to France in the 16th century.
The distinction between a less formal "dance" and a formal "ball" was established very early, with improvised dancing happening after dinner, as it occurred in Jane Austen's Persuasion (1818). [2] In the 19th century, the dance card became common; here ladies recorded the names of the men who had booked a particular dance with them.
He saw jazz and its related dancing styles as a force for moral decay, and sought to cure it by bringing back traditional folk dances. In doing so, Ford rewrote the cultural history of the dance ...
History of dance: an interactive arts approach. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736060356. Lee, Carol (2002). Ballet in Western Culture: A History of its Origins and Evolution. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-94256-X. Lifar, Serge. (1954). A history of Russian ballet from its origins to the present day (Hutchinson) McGowan, Margaret M ...
NatGeo's "Rewind the '90s" looks at the birth and significance of the web's dancing baby.